[Milsurplus] Re: Surplus stores

[J. Forster]

Perhaps C & H on Colorado Boulevard? Thanks.

-John

Hue Miller wrote:

> In 1961 my parents visited relatives in Pasadena, California. This was an
> extremely boring time for me. I took a walk down the main street there and
> discovered, of all things, a surplus store, and one as only California could
> have, or so i thought. I still recall now, a "government overhauled and repack"
> BC-453 for $15; several new BC-1335 transceivers, and - a display of BC-611
> chassis in a wood crates that reminded me of silvery fish, side by side, in a
> fish market. Unfortunately, as in some dream of  longing,  i was flat broke,
> and my parents saw no beauty in such stuff.
> I also remember, you could see the air, in Pasadena. It was grey.
> -Hue Miller
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